Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit — John Ordway: April 22, 1806
The party loaded their horses and set out, climbing a high hill where one horse threw its load. An Indian stole a robe and hid it in a lodge, but the men recovered it. Crossing extensive smooth plains, they stopped around noon at a Walla Walla village to buy a dog and firewood. High northwest winds prevented the canoes from crossing the river. After purchasing a horse and taking a light dinner, they continued six miles and camped at another village, buying a horse, five dogs, wood, and chappalell. That evening, Sergeant Gass and R. Fields crossed the river to join them with a small canoe.
we loaded up our horses & set out. assended a high hill one of
the horses threw hills threw his load & Scattered it one of the
Indians Stole a robe & hid it in one of their lodges, we found it2
& proced on [through] the high Smooth plain which is extensive &
Smooth back from the river about noon we halted at a village of
the Wal-a-wal tribe where we bought a dog and a little firewood,
the wind so high from the N. W. that the canoes being on the oppo-
site side of the river could not cross we purchased a horse, took
a light dinner and proceed on about 6 miles and Camped3 at a vil-
lage where we purchased a horse 5 dogs and a little wood and con-
siderable of new chappalell &C. in the evening Serg* Gass & R.
Fields came across the river & joined us with one of the Small
canoes.
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We loaded up our horses and set out. We ascended a high hill, and one of the horses threw his load and scattered it. One of the Indians stole a robe and hid it in one of their lodges, but we found it and proceeded on through the high smooth plain, which is extensive and smooth back from the river. About noon we halted at a village of the Wal-a-wal tribe, where we bought a dog and a little firewood. The wind was so high from the N.W. that the canoes, being on the opposite side of the river, could not cross. We purchased a horse, took a light dinner, and proceeded on about 6 miles and camped at a village where we purchased a horse, 5 dogs, a little wood, and a considerable amount of new chappalell, etc. In the evening Sergeant Gass and R. Fields came across the river and joined us with one of the small canoes.
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